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posted by martyb on Saturday October 20 2018, @11:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the Automated-Law-Enforcement dept.

Australian cities are working with several companies to install cameras to capture still images and video to detect drivers using mobile phones on the road to fine them in the same way automated speed cameras work. This is good news for local governments who desperately need an influx of cash in the wake of reduced intake from speeding fines. A recent report showed that there is limited evidence that cameras have led to a change in driver behaviour across the state by acting as a deterrent however it is expected that harshly fining drivers may work better than putting up signs informing drivers that speed cameras are installed ahead. The system for detecting mobile phone use in cars is currently being tested on the M4 motorway in Sydney.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 21 2018, @03:00PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 21 2018, @03:00PM (#751667)

    Now they need to do this to the walking dead staring into their phones as they walk, blindly, in public. They're just not getting Darwin'd fast enough to clean the gene pool.

  • (Score: 2) by crafoo on Sunday October 21 2018, @03:26PM

    by crafoo (6639) on Sunday October 21 2018, @03:26PM (#751677)

    As much as that NPC meme is hated, sometimes the truth really is the simplest and most effective insult. Don't get too mad at the walking phone dead. They're living the worst, wasted life I could imagine in a 1st world country.

  • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Sunday October 21 2018, @04:28PM

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Sunday October 21 2018, @04:28PM (#751700) Homepage Journal

    It's now illegal in Hawaii to use a phone in a crosswalk. As to "Daerin'd", Oh the irony!

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday October 22 2018, @07:38AM

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Monday October 22 2018, @07:38AM (#751899) Homepage
    Maybe if they're not dieing quickly enough perhaps their behaviour is not as dangerous as you think?
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